Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21049, John Edmonds, Mass

SERVICE
Mass
Edmonds, John or Edmons
W 21049
Sarah
CONTENTS

709 Massachusetts John Edmons
see letter to Hon. T. Morris Feb. 22. 1838
of Malden in the State of Massachusetts who was a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Clepoeland of the Reg t commanded by Col. M c Jackson in the Massachusetts line for Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 88 Dollars — Cents per a- to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Oct r 1832 and sent to Edm d Wade, Malden M a
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 132 m Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar, 33 44:
176
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D
Vol. 2
Bela
Clerk.
Page
48

Reported
1118 Massachusetts Sarah Edmonds widow of John Edmonds Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of August 1848 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 45 Vol. 2

State of Massachusetts ss, County of Middlesex ss on this fourteenth day of August in the year our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex John Edmonds a resident of the Town of Malden in said County of Middlesex and State aforesaid aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of Provision made by the act of Con- gress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1777 in the company com- manded by Capt. Ephraim Glandland, and served in the eighth Regiment of Infantry under the following officers Col. Daniel Micael Jackson, Lieut. Col. John Brooks & Wilt m Hull Major - That he now holds a pension Certificate given at the War office of the United States the 14 th day of February 5 th , 1810 and that he had notice under date of Sept r 20 th 1820, that the Secretary of war did not consider him entitled to a pension on account of the amount of his property and that he has not, since the date last above mentioned received a pension and also that he is the identical John Edmonds named in the original pension Certificate he now holds. John Edmonds Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Edward Wade, Jus. of the Peace

And I the undersigned John Edmons do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity under the present & the future. That his name is now on the pension roll of any agency in any state —
John Edmons
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wadsworth J.
I Isaac Fiske the undersigned of the County of Bristol in and for the county of Wadsworth hereby certify that Edward Wade is a brother of the Deceased and that & that his own broken signature is set to the within certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
Isaac Fiske

I John Edmonds named in the f State of Massachusetts } 31. Middlesex County
On the twelfth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me Edward Wade, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex John Edmonds, the same person named in the foregoing declaration who being first sworn according to law doth further state that he entered the service of the United States in the year 1777, as a Corporal and and continued to do duty as such, one year or more and after wards did the duty of a Sergeant untill he was discharged in the year 1780.
John Edmonds
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Edward Wade Jus of the Peace

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John Edmons
6613
Feb 1819 not paid

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Edsaves resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 6643 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the "18th March, 1818, John Edsaves  late a  Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the "Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight "dollars per month, to commence on the eleventh day of  April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen "Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourth "day of February one thousand eight hundred and  nineteen  L. S.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  40 acres of land & the buildings thereon 375.00   17 acres of pasture do 216   5 do of wood do 60   3 acres of maple 36   1 spec in Baptist meeting house 75   2 cows 30 sheep 10 swine 4.50   Farming tools in hollowman claim 2.50   Table 75 chest 10 dry casks 75 beds & pail 75 2.75   761.25 
Annual income of the land & buildings appraised 5.00
Amount of debts due from me 5.00  John Edsaves  $761.25
Schedule & declaration before Mr. Between judge ss 4

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Mr. Wheeler a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
4 I, John Edson do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me God.
John Edson Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A.D. 1820
Then the abovenamed John Edson took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Mr. Wheeler Judge of said Court. 9
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is two hundred & sixty one dollars,
two and fifty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820.
Attr. Abraham Biglow Clerk

380. East Dambroge chapahwits Concordia St. P. Minnesota.
Nov 10-1844

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. County of Middlesex
On this twenty fifth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty six, personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of Probate in and for the County aforesaid, Sarah Edmonds a resident of Malden in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged 84 th years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 17 th 1844.
That she is the widow of John Edmonds who was a Corporal in the Army of the Revolution, and who was a pensioner under the law of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of eighty eight dollars per annum. That she knew the said John before the revolution & knew of his being in the service, several years used to see him when he came home on furlough. & has heard him tell a thousand times of the various incidents of his service (of his being in the battle of Bunker Hill & many others), but the details & the names of the officers under whom he served, she does not well remember & must refer to his own declaration & the evidence now in the War department for such detail.
She further declares that she was married to said John Edmonds on the sixth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two; that her husband the aforesaid John died on the fifteenth day of May last (in the year eighteen hundred and forty six.) that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and

ninety four in: at the time above stated. That She is still a widow.
Sarah Edmonds
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written by said Sarah Edmonds at her own residence in Malden, she being so ill & infirm as to be unable to attend Court Before Me.
J. P. Day J. Prob.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Malden ss. I Isaac Burke Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that the Hon. J. P. Day is the Judge of said Court & that his signature above written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirty first day of October in the year Eighteen hundred & forty six
Isaac Burke Reg

I Eliza Avery of Malden in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age on oath depose and say that I have been acquainted with Sarah Edmonds the within declarant for forty years. That she is the widow of John Edmonds, deceased who was formerly a pensioner under the laws of the United States. That I believe the statements made by her in her declaration are true. That she is still a widow.
(Eliza Avery)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex.
October 21 st 1846. Then Personally appeared before the subscriber Eliza Avery above named, and made oath that the affidavit by her subscribed is true. And I certify that she is a credible witness and entitled to belief.
Before me
J. P. May J.P.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Dike Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that Samuel P. May Esq. is the Judge of said Court & that his signature above written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this thirty first day of October A.D. 1846 Isaac Dike

I Thomas Wait Jr of Malden in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that upon the records of said town, it appears that "John Edmonds and Sarah Williams both of Malden were married by the Rev Peter Tracher, January Sixth Seventeen hundred & eighty two." That this is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in full figures as follows. "January 6 th 1782."
Thos Wait Jr
I Thomas Wait Jr above named on oath depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Thos Wait Jr Clerk of the town of Malden
Malden 8 th Nov. 6 th 1846. Sworn before me
Charles Lewis Justice of the Peace.

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Given [?]
This [?] Feb. 1880 [?]

Medford April 10 th 1818.
This is to certify that John Edmonds was a soldier in the 8 th Mass s Reg t . enlisted for three years, & served from the beginning of the year 1777, to February 1780, at which time he was discharged.
J. Brooks, L t Coll r 8 th Mass s Reg t .

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston November 9 th 1846
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Charles Lewis was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex - and William E. Parmachoo was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted: and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Davenport,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

N 330 Sarah Edmond Widow of John Map act 17 June 1844
Married 1782 Husband died 15 May 1824
Ben. P. Parmenter East Cambridge Map

I, Richard Allen of Malden in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age I testify on oath depose and say, that I am acquainted with Sarah Edwards who has applied for a pension. That I am her grandson, that she is the widow of John Edwards whom I know to have been a pensioner of the United States. That I have read her decla- ration and I believe the statements made in her therein to be correct. That she is still a widow and that her hus- band the said John died on the fifteenth of May last past.
Richard Allen
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. 1828 B. 1 st Bk. 6.
Personally appeared before me the sub- scribed Richard Allen above named and acknowledged the above affidavit & made solemn oath to the same. Also I certify that he is a credible wit- ness.
Before me
William Allen Justice of the Peace.

Hon ble Biglow's Certificate.

I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts, do certify that at June term 1820 John Edmons of Malden in said County, named in pension Certificate N o 6613 in conformity to a law of the United States passed the first day of May 1820, exhibited to said Court a schedule of his estate amounting to the sum of $761.25 - from which he deducted the amount of the debts he owed being $500. leaving a balance of $261.25 which was certified as the balance of his property, and he made oath in the form prescribed by said law. — That these Documents were forwarded by me to the War department — and that on the 20 th of September 1820 I received a Certificate from the Department that the said Edmons was stricken from the roll on account of his property, as by the records and files of said Court appears — And I further certify that the said Edmons hath not since made any other application through the Court aforesaid in this County to be restored to the pension list. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand —

and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas this tenth day of November 1825
John B. Dinsmore

admitted
G. T. Bulfinch Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 26. 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation, Nathaniel Green was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W m Lloyd Jones Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Middlesex COUNTY, }
On this twentieth day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Sarah Edmonds a resident of Malden in the county of Middlesex aforesaid aged Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Edmonds who was a resident of Malden and who was a corporal in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of eighty eight dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sarah X Edmonds mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of
Charles Surraker
Elbridge Green
Justice of the Peace.
I Certify , That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Elbridge Green
Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY, }
I,
Clerk of the
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
and the Seal of said Court, this
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CLERK.

No 3114 John Edmonds (Private)
Mast o Line - Jackson's Reg. Aff d 11 th April 1810 -
From beginning of 1777. till Feb y : 1780 - (discharged)
3 years.
Wanted, the Judge cer- tifies, that he believes the Applicant is in "re- duced circumstances in life, &c"

I John Edmonds of Malden in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts testify and say that I served as a private a noncommissioned Officer in the American Army in the war of the Revolu- tion during the term of three years, that I enlisted under Lieutenant Samuel Burditt early in the year, seventeen hundred and seventy seven and soon after joined the company commanded by Capt. Ephraim Cleveland in the eighth Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col. Michael Jackson and continued to serve therein until February seventeen hundred and eighty. When the three years, the term for which I enlisted, expired, and I was discharged, but my discharge is now lost. John Edmonds
Massachusetts District ss. Boston 11. April 1818
Sworn to before me
W. D. D. Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 11 A. D. 18 18
John Edmunds
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c Daniels
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
30 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, John Edmunds by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c Daniels
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

John Edmonds Map act 7 June 1832 $88 00 /p er ann.
To what time was he last paid
Pension Office Nov. 19. 1846
66 A
Paid to H. March 1846 A. B. J.

No 330 Sarah Edmunds Widow of John Map Act 17 June 1844
Admiral Dyson, Captain #88 th Pucun
June 15 May 1846
Hon. W. Pannett East Cambridges Map

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21049 Sarah Edmonds Widow of John Edmonds Both New York
Act: Feb 29, 48
Index:—Vol. 81 , Page 26
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mar 27, 1905, Hist to W. K. Watkins Malden Mass.

Rept
Massachusetts.
Sarah Edmonds, widow of John Edmonds who was a Corporal in the Mass. Line.
Husband died 15 th May 1846.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 15 th May 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Nov. 1846. and sent to
Hon. W. Parmachoo East Cambridge, Mass.
[Act of June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2. Page 28.

6613
4
Massachusetts Roll
John Edmonds
of Malden in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of Feb y 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq r Judge Boston
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 . 4 th mo 24 th day  38:40 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819  48:—
$ 86:40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
[two of this name.]
see letter to E. Wade, 10. Oct. 1831.
Letter to E. Wade Sept 1832
Attention sent to Abraham Dighton Esq r September, 1832. Cambridge, Massachusetts.

3/4
John Edmunds
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, at the U States Branch Bank Boston
Recorda

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, _____
John Edmonds _____ late a Private _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pen- sion List, Roll of the Massachusetts _____ Agency, at the rate of Eight _____ dollars per month, to commence on the _____ 11 th day of April _____ one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this _____ 4 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.